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An evaluation of seasonal change in Benthic Macroinvertebrate community composition in the east branch of the Finniss River
Creators
- 1. Northern Territory Department of Infrastructure, NT (Australia). Planning and Environment
Description
Rum Jungle is an abandoned uranium-copper mine responsible for acid rock drainage into the surface waters of the intermittent East Branch and the channel of the Finniss Rivers. Prior to large-scale remediation in the mid 1980s, the East Branch was biologically dead for 8.5 km downstream to the confluence with the Finniss River, and suffered substantial ecological impairment for a further 15 km downstream. Recent studies suggest some recovery in fish diversity and abundance in the Finniss River, but only minor recovery in the macroinvertebrate fauna of the East Branch
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Publishing Information
- ISBN
- 0 642 59995 5
- Imprint Title
- The Finnis River. A natural laboratory of mining impact- past, present and future
- Imprint Pagination
- 85 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 18
- ISSN
- 1030-7745
- Report number
- ANSTO/E--748
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 34001776
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACID MINE DRAINAGE; BIOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE PATHWAY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FISHES; INVERTEBRATES; REMEDIAL ACTION; RIVERS; RUM JUNGLE MINE
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; MINES; SURFACE WATERS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; URANIUM MINES; VERTEBRATES